can anyone find the quote about mankind's children "Ignorance" and "Want" from A Christmas Carol?
i need that specific quote and cant find it. (havent read the book sadly, but its the same in every movie. true to Dickens...)
help!!!!
2007-12-31 08:06:28 · 3 answers · asked by Just Ryan! 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It's very near the end of Stave Three (the Ghost of Chirstmas Present episode). Just before the Spirit disappears, he draws two ragged, thin children out from under his robe and says to Scrooge, "They are Man's. . . . . This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want." The passage is too long to copy, but you can find the whole story here: http://www.literature.org/authors/dickens-charles/christmas-carol/
2007-12-31 08:17:59 · answer #1 · answered by aida 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-10 18:00:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
from Stave Three
Scrooge started back, appalled. Having them shown to him in this way, he tried to say they were fine children, but the words choked themselves, rather than be parties to a lie of such enormous magnitude.
"Spirit, are they yours?" Scrooge could say no more.
"They are Man's," said the Spirit, looking down upon them. "And they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased. Deny it!" cried the Spirit, stretching out its hand towards the city. "Slander those who tell it ye. Admit it for your factious purposes, and make it worse. And abide the end."
2007-12-31 08:18:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋